I have always wanted to see, in Wordsworth’s phrase, “into the life of things.” Before I became interested in theology or religion, my spirituality was formed by the arts: literature, cinema, music. It was after studying film and literature at Yale University and at the University of Paris that I felt drawn to the Ignatian (Jesuit) tradition, a tradition that emphasizes the discovery of the divine in all things: in all human activities, faiths, and cultures.

In addition to spending three years as a Jesuit, I earned my MDiv from the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry, trained as a spiritual director at the Jesuit Collaborative in Watertown, MA, and completed my Clinical Pastoral Education as a board-certified interfaith chaplain at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. I am a certified teacher in the Narrative Enneagram tradition, and my doctoral dissertation at Fordham University placed the Enneagram in dialogue with contemporary personality psychology and neuroscience — material I am currently adapting into a book.

Following six years of work in healthcare chaplaincy, I currently direct the Radius program at MIT, which promotes communities of ethical reflection on technology and culture, and I also serve as an adjunct professor of pastoral ministry at Villanova University.